Trivia Questions Every Kid Should Know
Knowledge is power.
Trivia Questions Every Kid Should Know
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The more you know, the better. Knowledge is power. And you're never too old to learn new things about the world.
These trivia questions for kids — from easy peasy to super tricky — can help kids of all ages be more knowledgeable. How many answers do you know?
Geography
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1. Trivia question:How many continents are there?
Answer: 7
2. Trivia question: What country has the largest population in the world?
Answer: China
3. Trivia question: What is the largest country in the world?
Answer:Russia
4. Trivia question: What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
5. Trivia question: What are the only two countries to have a land border with the U.S.?
Answer: Canada and Mexico
6. Trivia question: Which U.S. state is the biggest?
Answer: Alaska
7. Trivia question: What's the largest sea on Earth?
Answer: The Caspian Sea
8. Trivia question: Which major river flows through London, England?
Answer: The Thames
9. Trivia question: Where is the world's largest seaport located?
Answer: Shanghai, China
10. Trivia question: What volcano is the biggest in the world?
Answer: Mouna Loa in Hawaii
11. Trivia question: What's the smallest country in the world?
Answer: The Vatican City
12. Trivia question: What's the world's largest island that isn't a continent?
Answer: Greenland
13. Trivia question: How many time zones does Russia have?
Answer: 11
14. Trivia question: Which country is abbreviated by the letters "CH?"
Answer: Switzerland
15. Trivia question: What's the Finnish word for Finland?
Answer: Suomi
Entertainment
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1. Trivia question: In "Sesame Street," who lives in the trash can?
Answer: Oscar the Grouch
2. Trivia question: What type of animal is Squidward in "SpongeBob Squarepants"?
Answer: Octopus
3. Trivia question: Which "Star Wars" movie does Jar Jar Binks appear in first?
Answer: "Star Wars Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace"
4. Trivia question: What was the first name of the creator of Disney?
Answer: Walt
5. Trivia question: What are the names of Aurora's parents in "Sleeping Beauty"?
Answer: King Stefan and Queen Leah
6. Trivia question: What was the first fully animated, full-length Disney movie produced?
Answer: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
7. Trivia question: What was the first movie Pixar came out with?
Answer: "Toy Story"
8. Trivia question: Which pop star has fans called "Little Monsters"?
Answer: Lady Gaga
9. Trivia question: What movie won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film?
Answer: "Shrek" (2001)
10. Trivia question: Who played the voice of Anna in "Frozen"?
Answer: Kristen Bell voiced the adult Anna, but four other actresses voiced her younger self
11. Trivia question: How old did Rapunzel turn in "Tangled"?
Answer: 18
12. Trivia question: Which was the first member of One Direction to leave the group?
Answer: Zayn Malik
13. Trivia question: What is Rihanna's full name?
Answer: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
14. Trivia question: Which rapper's real name is Marshall Mathers?
Answer: Eminem
15. Trivia question: Which singer has a stage name that is also a color?
Answer: Pink
History
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1. Trivia question: Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
2. Trivia question: Who was the first U.S. president?
Answer: George Washington
3. Trivia question: Which country was the first to use paper money?
Answer: China
4. Trivia question: Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the U.S.?
Answer: France
5. Trivia question: Which city was the first capital of the U.S.?
Answer: Philadelphia
6. Trivia question: What year did women receive the right to vote in the U.S.?
Answer: 1920
7. Trivia question: Who invented the lightbulb?
Answer: Thomas Edison
8. Trivia question: Who first walked on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
9. Trivia question: Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill
10. Trivia question: Who was the first person to climb Everest?
Answer: Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay (confirmed)
11. Trivia question: Where were the artists Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci from?
Answer: Italy
12. Trivia question: Which city was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
Answer: Pompeii
13. Trivia question: Who invented the airplane?
Answer: The Wright brothers
14. Trivia question: Did the Stone Age or the Bronze Age come first?
Answer: The Stone Age
15. Trivia question: Which city had a great fire in 1666?
Answer: London, England
Literature
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1. Trivia question: How does Charlotte first greet Wilbur in "Charlotte's Web"?
Answer: "Salutations!"
2. Trivia question: What is Meg's little brother's name in "A Wrinkle in Time"?
Answer: Charles Wallace
3. Trivia question: Where do the Berenstain Bears live?
Answer: Bear Country
4. Trivia question: What's Hubie's teacher's name in "The Teacher From the Black Lagoon"?
Answer: Mrs. Green
5. Trivia question: What type of animal does the two-inch high boy, Stuart Little, look like?
Answer: A mouse
6. Trivia question: What was Matilda's favorite book in the children's section of the library?
Answer: "The Secret Garden"
7. Trivia question: What type of animal is Black Beauty in the famous children’s book?
Answer: A horse
8. Trivia question: Which veterinarian is best known for learning to talk to animals?
Answer: Dr. Doolittle
9. Trivia question: What did Alexander have for dinner in "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"?
Answer: Lima beans
10. Trivia question: Who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?
Answer: Roald Dahl
11. Trivia question: What is the real name of Lemony Snicket, the author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events"?
Answer: Daniel Handler
12. Trivia question: When was the first Harry Potter book published?
Answer: 1997
13. Trivia question: Where did the dog Winn-Dixie get his name?
Answer: From a supermarket chain
14. Trivia question: What happens if you give a mouse a cookie?
Answer: He'll ask for a glass of milk.
15. Trivia question: How many books did Dr. Seuss both write and illustrate?
Answer: 45
Science
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1. Trivia question: Which planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
2. Trivia question: What is the rarest blood type?
Answer: AB-
3. Trivia question: At what temperature does water boil?
Answer: 212 degrees Fahrenheit
4. Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?
Answer: Isaac Newton
5. Trivia question: The layers of gas surrounding Earth are called what?
Answer: The atmosphere
6. Trivia question: What are animals that eat both plants and meat called?
Answer: Omnivores
7. Trivia question: Does sound travel faster in air or water?
Answer: Water
8. Trivia question: What is the lifespan of a human red blood cell?
Answer: 120 days
9. Trivia question: What weather phenomenon is hotter than the sun?
Answer: Lightning
10. Trivia question: Which planet spins the fastest?
Answer: Jupiter
11. Trivia question: How many periodic elements are there?
Answer: 118
12. Trivia question: Which planet has the most moons?
Answer: Saturn
13. Trivia question: Where is the smallest bone in the human body located?
Answer: In the ear
14. Trivia question: Can sound be heard in outer space?
Answer: No, because there's no air or other medium for sound to travel through
15. Trivia question: What type of animal was the first to be cloned?
Answer: A sheep
Nature
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1. Trivia question: What tree do acorns come from?
Answer: Oak trees
2. Trivia question: What's the tallest type of grass?
Answer: Bamboo
3. Trivia question: How many bones do sharks have?
Answer: None
4. Trivia question: Where is the oldest tree located?
Answer: California
5. Trivia question: How many hearts does an octopus have?
Answer: Three
6. Trivia question: What is the green pigment called that allows plants to turn sunlight into energy?
Answer: Chlorophyll
7. Trivia question: What do bees collect and use to create honey?
Answer: Pollen
8. Trivia question: What is a female rabbit called?
Answer: A doe
9. Trivia question: What is a group of lions called?
Answer: A pride
10. Trivia question: How long can a snail sleep for?
Answer: Three years
11. Trivia question: What animal has the longest lifespan?
Answer: Arctic whale
12. Trivia question: What animal never sleeps?
Answer: Bullfrogs
13. Trivia question: What animal lives in a lodge?
Answer: A beaver
14. Trivia question: What kind of leaves can soothe the sting of the nettle plant?
Answer: Dock leaves
15. Trivia question: What is the record for the most tornados in one month in the U.S.?
Answer: 758
Sports
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1. Trivia question: Which are the four most popular sports in the U.S.?
Answer: Football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey
2. Trivia question: What's the official winter sport of Canada?
Answer: Ice hockey
3. Trivia question: How many bases are on a baseball field?
Answer: Four
4. Trivia question: What color are the goalposts in football?
Answer: Yellow
5. Trivia question: In what sport would you find a pommel horse?
Answer: Gymnastics
6. Trivia question: How long is a marathon?
Answer: 26.2 miles
7. Trivia question: What's the only sport to have been played on the moon?
Answer: Golf
8. Trivia question: What type of race is the Tour de France?
Answer: A bike race
9. Trivia question: What is it called when a bowler scores three strikes in a row?
Answer: Turkey
10. Trivia question: What three horse races make up the Triple Crown?
Answer: The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
11. Trivia question: Who has the most Olympic gold medals?
Answer: Michael Phelps
12. Trivia question: In which country did the Olympics start?
Answer: Greece
13. Trivia question: What were the first ice skates made of?
Answer: Animal bones
14. Trivia question: What team scored the most points in a Super Bowl?
Answer: San Francisco 49ers
15. Trivia question: In what game is "love" a score?
Answer: Tennis
Bonus: What is the oldest sport in the world?
Answer: Wrestling